You now have to apply for 27 jobs just to get 1 interview

Average job-hunters spend
almost a whole working day every week searching for a
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UK job seekers have to apply for an average of 27 positions just
to get one interview, a survey by CV writing service Standout CV has
found.

This translates to an average of 6.5 hours per week
searching for a new job, and about 16 job applications a
week.

Of the 1,000 job-seekers surveyed, 26% claimed they found
hunting for work "extremely stressful."

They said the worst aspects of job hunting included dealing
with recruiters, finding time
to look for jobs, and getting
time off for interviews.

The survey also found
that:

76% job seekers singled out
recruiters, in particular, for not bothering to inform them
when their application was unsuccessful.

89%, meanwhile, thought
employers should make more effort to give helpful feedback to
applications they turned down.

32% said they still found it hard to write CVs, with little
idea of what the correct way to write them was.

73% of those who admitted to lying on their CVs said they had
gotten away with it.

More than half of successful candidates heard back from
employers "within a week," and 32% got the good news within 2
days.

On the plus side, 81% of candidates said the job interviews
themselves were well run and that interviewers made proceedings
comfortable.

"The days of sending off one CV to your dream employer and
starting work with them the next week are well and truly over,"
Standout CV said. "Our results found that whilst it’s obviously
not impossible to land a job, it can be tough out there."

The findings come as the
Chartered Institute of Personal Development has announced that UK
workers won't see a significant pay-boost in real terms until at least end of the decade, with projected pay rises of just 1.7%
next years.

Meanwhile, the uncertainty of a possible Brexit in the June 23
referendum is harming investment and job creation into the
country, according to the CBI.